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HUMANE
IN STJ:T UTIONS.
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Hoolr, A1>ril :JOtlt, 1893.
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J louse,Co11111dttc1~ l11l\'c rccci n.•tl the reports
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· Your Co1111iiittr.e \'isite,I the Halifax Poor A<iylum, in co111pany
,~·ith 'J'. C. Allen, E,q., Chnir111n11 Chnritics Co111111ittcc for the city,
and were well satisfied with whnt tl,cv observed there,- tho
\'arious npn1t111u11ts nppe1u in~ to lie u11d;r carcfu I .. management .
The syste111 inaugumtod while Mr. Flcm111in~ ,~·as in olti~o, seems to
liH pn~stH·vcd in 11'1 essential featur!,!~ l,y Mr. l>ow •.. the Superintendent,
' 1111d"r whose .1111pcr\'isio11 t.hc i11111ntcs seem to enjoy a'! much comfo,t
11-; is co111patil,lc with their t111fort11nato position.
S0111e i111pro\·e111c11ts to the Institution arc being carried out a.ntl
are bt•ing sug~estcd. Two Yerl\ndalis, IOO feet long l1y 6 feet
wide, am iu co1irsc of co11strnction, which, when co111plctcd, "''ill conduce 111a.tcrially to tho comfort a.nu convenience of the sick in tho
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'!'hero 'is contt!ntplated r1111ch needed i111provement in the matter of
ventilation, to the necessity of which your Cl)l11111ittee hlls called
att1•11tio11 in previous reports. The i11sutliciency of tho present
arran"t!li1e11ts
for veutilation,- io !;Ot11c of the wards, is 1, ruattei· that
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Ni;w regulatiou~ have lwon is~uwl n;; respects
i1111111.h.•s, tho 111·0,·isi:m~ of which ~re us follows:--
the diet of the
Alwn i ll!J Meat -- ~ II,. of lireatl to ertch i11111atu ; I oz. tea. to Pigh t
iJ11111ite" ; I oz. sugar tu nnch i11111ato; I 1111art 111olas!ics to thit-t.y
inmates,;· l pint 111ilk tu twelve inmnt_e)l; I pint of tea to each inmute.
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f>h1nn - ~ II,. roa .. t 11114'{, 1 11,. potatoes, J II,. 11011p meat, ~o ellch
inrnato; I qunrt l11uley to tift ... en i11111ntes; I pint sou/> to end1 111111atc
---40 lhs. turnip11, 1.5 lt.s. onions, I !i Iii-.. calili11ges, ! h, f>ef>ptir- to I,.,
put in the soup. Fish -~IRy~ --- if !!alt -codfisli, } lh_ to ea~h in1111L.tu;
if frellh fish, I 11,. to each innu\tc; I No. I hcrrrng. I• or cook mg
fre11h fo+h, JO lbs. lnrd; for cooking Raft fish, :i II,,;, Lutter.
;';;•,.,.ing A/ml-- j II,.· i>read, I "'· "'~"' to each inmate ; I pint
milk to twel\'e i11111atc!II; l oz. I.utter to each imn,itc; I oz. tea to
eight inruates.
Wo,.king men, ! lb. bread extra.
Sunday Dinner - ;t lb. pork,
quart of peas tc~ nine inmates.'
I lb, J><itatocs to each imlllltc; I
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l'/1ildre11.- Childr:1>n undc~ Mix year... of a~e receive half fnro
allowed the fleracrnl in11111tcs, to~cther'witl, i pint milk d11ily.
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tea, cotlcc, brom", t'g'J:s, I .111. Leef steak, beef tea ( I Iii . meat to the p111t..)
Each sick p11rso11 i~ allow1:d ! pint 1,ccf tea daily. The Medical Olticer
111ay order a11ythi11g el,;-e he tl1i11ks the sick rnay re11uirc. ·
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'l'hc followi11~ st1ltistics, ftfr·ni~d liy the St!Cl'etnr,v of the Institution nr-o not.without interest\rn,J your Co111111ittec feel that they llccd
llot ;1mk1! nny apology f1r s11°lijoiui11g u;em to their report:
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Ou llnv 1st, l.'~!12, therr! were 274, inmates in the. Tnstitutionl!JG 111e11, f22 wo111n11 arid I Ii children.
'l'he s1111illust n11111her in tlw
llou·Hl was 2/i;i 011 ·J1t1r 7th, )M12, and tlw larg-t•.-.t 11111111,c,· w,i.s J;i() 011
Marcia I Ith, IStl;J, Ti1c year· begin~ bit of Mny. 2-4,s were adruitt~cl
,..._, fro111 thn l st of Mar up to date ( 24-th M arcJ1 ). uud 2H Wt!r1, horn 111
tltu J nsti tution.' _ Total II u 111 licr s11 pported du rin~ I.hat time w ns ti 48.
The i11111nte~ are e111ploycd at ge11eral lwusu work, 11_nd lun·c 111udc
and l't~paircd nil tlte shoe!! n11d.clot.hing for thi! Instit11t1011. _
Tlwr1! nrc i11 tlie Poor Asrlu,,ii,:~ of Ro111n11 (.'atl1olic~, 2SS: Episcopalian'l, U:?; l'resliyt,~riaris,
!12; Bnpti;;ts, !JI; Mdl1odist.s, IS:
Lutherans, 7; lJ11i\'n:-1_ali-;t, I; S11lv11tio11 Army, 2; unknown, '27-total, ;H,~. The liirthplnce of thc.'lc Lci11i: Halifux, J/oi:J; lr-,•lu11cl,
I :?S; ., Nova -Sci>tiu, (i3; England, +6; Nc\\·fou11_,!11md, :J:?; ~(·otlu11d,
:H; 011it,~1i 8tat1!s, JI; New Hru11~wick, ;; ; P. K l-.fnud, 10; 'l'~1ro11to,
---,. ; &Ion t,e,.I, 5 ; O,•,mnn J", :i ; II oll•nd. 2 ; II'
1 nd i~:'- 2 ; Belg! um, I ;
Gilimltnr,
1; Norway, I; l11d111, I ; Portugal, I; K111gsto11, Can .. I ;
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ot' tl1c pat'it!llt,; wen• '.Jllito a,; sati"'fac~ory ns. t_lw.): )111,·e liccn heretofore 1111d ·rour ( '11r111111tt,m 11h-;1•n·ed with sat1sfuct11111 that tlw 1111umge111c110t l1U-; · lost 1101 hing- i11 ,·igor nn,I ,illicieucy · from thu change 111'
Hupcri.11tP11der1ts; tlu~rc i~. ind1•1•,~. U\'ery .. rt·11s1!11 to feel confid1•l1t thnt
Dr. Ruill has " worthy s11cc1•:1•mr 111 lh-. 8111cliur.
'l'ht! /Jwr·ce11tn;;e of ,·iole11tly insR11u 1u11011;.: the patiu11t:1 is, of
cour,;c, l1,rge1· i now thau f urmerly, in ~011se11 u1mcc of, tho Vllrious
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countfos havinµ provi1l1id t.lwruseh·cs wi"th A'lylmwi for the hBr111lc!'!1"1
in,.nc---a •)"•Wm which, it i, expecf,,.1, will shon!y LccomO general
througl'.ont the p.,,.ince.
~ t the """'• tilne . <h~ taking of · a lal"ge
proport 1011 of the harmless 111sanc may lie sa1,J, 111 11011w degree, to
rnu~ove what has been a? n111diorati11g inllumrcw upon the oth«ir
f'lll1tmt11 anti, At t}w sn11w. t1r,1P, les.<m11 tlw snprily of Jaf1or heretofore
availahle for the purpo~e of tilling the gr~Jt111d ,uul attending to /ioruo ·
of the douie!oltic 11ervicc.'I of the Institution.
The attendnnts nre rlow in uniform-a change which, for iacveral
rea..,onN, We consider n co111111ml(lalile one. Attenqon .ha.'! been paid,
too, to the comfort of the attendnnt, who now clino in detnchrnent!l
in scpam~, ,o.,m, from lhc 1•alienl,, an,! thu femnl,. Of the nu1nhc.r
ha,•1) 11 1·om11 .'let apart in whiclr tlaey Cllll rest and 1mjoy themRelvt•11
when off duty a11d do not care to le/lve t.he pr1•111ii;cs. 'l'hi1J provision
-too little con!lidt•rc,J hnctofore-tcn,1!1
to lll1\k1J tlw111 more contented and dlici,int in the pcrfor11in11ce of their rlutie.'I. In thi.o;
co11nccti1i11 your Co111111ittce learn t.hnt a rlilliculty P:<ist.'I not only in
ol,taiuing l111t in· rctni11i11g compctcut fo1unfo nurses. 'I'o o\•ercornu
this difficulty .they 1·1!co111111e111l tho 1•,;fal,lislting ~ot' ll tmining school
for the instruction of fo:::alc nttcndnnts-- -n J>IH pose which your ( '0111n,i ltco "'" n, h· i,.,,I wou Id l,e ace, uu pl i,!.,,. 1. wi >.hin thu In.,,; tntiou hy
ttie ndditio11 t(),tJ,c·presm1t. Ntnff of n thoroughly trained nnd grad11ntP,IlJ11it1•d
1u11·s1\ Stnte~
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systc111·
~1·1wrally L!r1iv11ils in ... i,11ilnr i11stitutions in
the.
Cn11adn.
1-:onw slight i111p1·0\·e11u•11ts· or nltnntions i11side tlw l111il,Ji11g nrc
d(isir"lile, n111011g which umy l,o mentioned tlw 11eccssity for ucw
hn1·~wood
tloori11g in throe or fom, of the wards. V cra1Hl11hs also
need
p11i11ti~1g.
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Your Co111111i ttee h11.,•e.-to congrntul,ite the Go,'1J1·n111cnt and the
Prnvince npou the h1c,·easing ctlicicncy and ~ene<nlly -SMlisf~elo,y
statu of th,, Victorin Gerwrnl Hoi;pitnl. 'l'huy oliser·,·c with much
Nntisfaction that n nu111l,er of the in1prove111cnts rcco111111cndcd in
tl111ir previous 1·1·port1';--·l1n \'e bt·cn can·il·d out. Tire completion of the
stol'eJ o,·cr the old lmilding ha11 cffocted a very 1h•sir-nlilo i111provenw11t, ndding, ns it has done, a 11111111,cr of npnrt.rrumts for the
ncco1111nodntio11 of the stnJf, nnd affording a spnciou.o; operating 1·00111
tittccJinwith
tlic most imp1·ovecJ modern npplinnccs-perhnps
second to
nor10
Canada.
Your Co111111itti:•e a.re glnd to nlfirm I.heir heli«·f, that with it...
p1·osc11t appoint111cnt11 nnd ,'ltnff' th,i Institution is a, credit to t.he
count, y andin ait.'lIJl0~11g
trcnt11w11t
w,nds. lo tire annnnlly increasing n11111ltcr seeking·
Thu DiNpcn~ry, on B,:unNwick St.rect, is doing excellent work;
tho <1ick poor art• 11nily alteud~·«I to 110th hero and at their· homes.
As 11tnlml in your ( '0111111ittec's J·rport of Inst y1•nr, tl1e fund!! to rt'iain. tnin t.liis I 11stit11tio11 nm deri \'l•d chiefly fro111 collections 11111,1«, in tho
cit\' cl,11rd11•s, supple111e11h!tl 1,y n Pro\'iucil\l grant of' ~!00, a city .•
g;,;,1t of $750, nrlrl certain , lic1111est.-. ·,uul i:iul1scriptior1!!, which gave a
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treut.t•d «luri11g ti,;, ,roar was r.,-J:t;, 1111d, of "0111,loor Pat1unts,
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Yo1i1;T•,,,.-1u;iltt'n ll<'11i11 ha\',• 1;,1 h .. ,i1at,io11 in r,•i·on1mcndi11~ this
estj!>li'lhe:tl chnt'.ity n.;' ht>i11g w11rtlty of 1110m nttention fro111 the
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All of which i11 r1ispect.fully-:~\1h11iitted.
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The Commit.ten on Crown Lnnds I 1e~ lcavn
s1~l11ni t tlit• following report on the sc•\'Pli:tl 111ntt1!rs l'f'f1•1-red to U1e111:
(I.) 'l'hey hnvn con~id,•rcd tlie pntitions of I), H. Thoinpson, of
Sunny Brae, in the ( 'ounty of Picton; of A. D. Fo~te1\ of Ki'ngston,
in tho County of Shell,urr•P: of Mary E. Hotlge:rs, of Ynrniouth; of
Daniel Matheson, of Shellim-JH.•; of \Villi11111 C. Her1h111111, of Ji'ra111hoisc, in the County of Hicl1111011d ; of Normnn Logan, of Pictou ;
of Louis Uund1·cj·, of Y11rmoutl1-all aged teachers, prnying for free
grants of Crown lan.L
(2.) Applications oft.his nature arc increasing yoar l,y year, while
the . nrnil11l,le CrcJwn land of the Proyincl' iH dccrensing.
Lnntls
granted to scho9I t,•ncl1ers in the past hn.\l:e rarely been settle<l or
occupied, nn.l tlw i11tl'11tion of the L('gislature in gil'itig free grants
for nct1111.I sdtle111ent has heen systematically ignored.
Your Co.1111:1ittcc•, therefore,
recommend thnt hereafter no 'rree
01· others, except upon the condition thnt the nn1lic1111t in every case shall first clear thrcp ncrcs at
least of the ln11tl applied for, or erect a house thereon for a~tual occupation nnd 11dtlcment, anti thnt thti. prayer of the se\·ernl petitioners
ltc g-111nted, upon co111pliance with_ the conditions afol'csnitl.
grants of lnnd lie g-iycn to tcacl1crs
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